I never finished the original for the PC. I got to a certain point and couldn't figure how to progress, and really wasn't sold on the gameplay enough to bother figuring it out. I did like a few things about it, but unfortunately I got it around the same time as Bioshock.

Prey was one of the few FPS games I've enjoyed enough to finish, and I attribute lots of that to both the unique Native American overtones and the "ordinary guy thrown into a crazy situation" aspect. Replace all that with the lame Space Marine (which it looks like they've done) and I lose all interest.

the game jumps forward, we're told, to a seedy alien planet that sounds a bit like the future Earth of Blade Runner. This is where the game really opens up, revealing the marshal as the only human on an alien planet working as a bounty hunter.

The game is meant to be an open world title with multiple ways to complete objectives, but at its heart it is still a first-person shooter, we're told.

Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not be released in 2012 as planned. The delay is due to the fact that game development has not progressed satisfactorily this past year, and the game does not currently meet our quality standards. Prey 2 has shown great promise and we regret disappointing our fans. We have made a substantial investment in game development to deliver the experience fans want. We are determined only to release the AAA game that fans rightfully expect, and are unwilling to compromise our quality standards to meet a release schedule.

I say good for Bethesda. Finally, a publisher that's not willing to kick mediocre products out the door. I'm only curious as to what they considered too low quality about it, but if Prey 2 does see the light of day I'm confident now that it'll be a decent game.

Prey 2 rumoured to have been rebooted at Arkane StudiosDishonored maker said to have taken on long-troubled Bethesda project

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According to a report on Prey 2 fan site Alien Noire, which tallies with information also provided to Kotaku, the sci-fi shooter is being remade from scratch by the Austin, Texas arm of Lyon-based Dishonored studio Arkane.Bethesda has allegedly been shopping the project around for some time after splitting with original Prey 2 studio Human Head.

Sources claim that Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian was attached to the project at one point and that Aliens vs Predator maker Rebellion declined the opportunity to make the game.

It's also claimed that some Arkane staff weren't keen to work on the project, but that the studio's hand was eventually forced by Bethesda. The game's apparently being built on the Dishonored engine with a new target release date of 2016. We've approached Bethesda for comment.

You know a game is in trouble if Rebellion won't take it. Rebellion's quality is iffy, but they can get anything done on a budget and be half playable.

If this is true, it's understandable that they're not happy about being forced to work on it when they should really be working on Dishonored 2. Not to mention they have to live up to bloated expectations that the CG trailer gave them.

“It was game we believed in, but we never felt that it got to where it needed to be – we never saw a path to success if we finished it,” he said.

“It wasn’t up to our quality standard and we decided to cancel it. It’s no longer in development. That wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s one that won’t surprise many folks given that we hadn’t been talking about it.

“Human Head Studios is no longer working on. It’s a franchise we still believe we can do something with — we just need to see what that something is.”